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[FiRez]

Well while searching for a TI-83 I ended very interested on a GBA mainly because:

-The scene (some very nifty homebrew apps: emus, games, tech demos, etc and you can use can use BASIC to compile your own projects , it really impressed me at almost the level of the scene on the xbox, I'm still trying to search for more info on this)
-I have played some very interesting games before: the first warioware, metroid prime, metal slug, Klonoa and so far it seems that the system has not been abandoned too much because the DS
-The battery on the SP model is rechargable and it seems that the lightning of the screen is better too

But I'm still undecided because:
-the longevity of the system
-Maybe the scene isn't that functional or practical in real life (I don't know much people with a GBA let alone Flash cart owners)
-I could use part of the money to buy the most recent handhelds(maybe do you think that is cheap enough but I don't live in a industrial country so the import costs alone are 30$ aprox)

Do you think that it worths to buy one at this time?

 

[Jive Turkey]

The GBA SP is still the best handheld on the market in my opinion.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

Wait for the Micro, it rocks.

 

[Vard]

Yeah, it's worth buying. You should wait to see how much the Micro costs, and if it's out of your price range, than go for the GBA SP.

 

[radioheadrule83]

Metroid Zero Mission, ALTTP and Minish Cap are my favourite DS games. And I actually like/love a lot of my real DS games.

 

[Geek]

It's STILL a good purchase, in my opinion. If you haven't owned one in the past, there are a ton of great titles that you really should experience (the Castlevanias, Advance Wars, Wario Ware Twisted, Metroid Zero, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Astro Boy). There are hundreds of hours of gameplay in the few I mentioned.

I have reservations about the screen size on the GBA Micro. Has anyone spent any hands-on time with it here?

 

[FiRez]

Thanks, maybe I should buy a SP model because the screen and the rechargable battery and I don't see Nintendo dropping the price beyond 70$. the only cons is that it needs a propietary kind of earphones but isn't a deal breaker.

 

[Jeff-DSA]

It's STILL a good purchase, in my opinion. If you haven't owned one in the past, there are a ton of great titles that you really should experience (the Castlevanias, Advance Wars, Wario Ware Twisted, Metroid Zero, Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga, Astro Boy). There are hundreds of hours of gameplay in the few I mentioned.

I have reservations about the screen size on the GBA Micro. Has anyone spent any hands-on time with it here?

I played it at E3 and I really liked it. I'll be buying one for sure.

 

[Deleted member 1235]

I'm in the "just get a ds" camp. most of my games I play at the moment are GBA games, and the screeen is better. it's bigger, but eh.... one of your concerns is longevity, a DS should address that. The other one is the scene.... you get that on ds as well.

 

[Teddman]

I have reservations about the screen size on the GBA Micro. Has anyone spent any hands-on time with it here?

I'd recommend a GBA SP or DS instead of the Micro, unless exteme portability is your number one concern. The screen is just too small, as is the unit. I found it uncomfortable on both the eyes and hands.